Kansas City, Missouri

In 1898 our corporate founders, Clinton Burns and Robert McDonnell, selected Kansas City as their home base after looking for a central location with plenty of potential water and sewer clients within a day's travel. Since then, the Burns & McDonnell World Headquarters has grown to fill four office buildings with more than 2,700 professionals.

Today more than 350 engineering, architectural, construction, environmental and consulting services are offered to our clients.

People needn't look far for the many ways the company touches their lives every day. From the water they drink, to the air they breathe, from the airport and roads they travel to the electricity that powers their homes and businesses, Burns & McDonnell is there contributing to the quality of life.

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The Kansas City Business Journal has named Burns & McDonnell to its list of top large companies in Kansas City for 11 consecutive years. Read more

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The Mid-America Region chapter of the Design-Build Institute of the Year named our new world headquarters its 2016 Project of the Year. Read more

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Want to know what makes Burns & McDonnell a great place to work? Great Rated!, the organization behind the rankings used by Fortune magazine, shares details about what our people say and do that puts us on the list. Read more

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Our clients are important to us, and we're proud to have earned PSMJ's Premier Award for Client Satisfaction for the sixth year in a row. Learn more

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Health is wealth, and we're doing our best to help our employee-owners be at their best. We're Gold Level Healthy KC Certified for 2016, the highest level in the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce program. Read more